The Royal Mail has released official stamps commemorating the London 2012 Games.

This type of stamp — known as the “definitive” version — usually only features an image of the Queen. Royal Mail said it was the first time a logo had been beside the Queen’s head on a “definitive” (everyday) stamp.

Sets of “everyday” first class stamps displaying the Olympic and Paralympic logos will go on sale this week in shops around the UK. They will be available from all 11,800 Post Office branches and from thousands of retailers from 5 January.

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It’s such a shame they just have that awful logo on them, they could have been great.

Why did they have it make it so corporate, I thought the whole point of this identity in the first place as that the logo evolved and changed. Possibly the worst, ugliest major identity of all time. What a missed opportunity for the uk to show off it’s design industry.

This logo is irritating to the eyes. It looks like something everyone at the local fete designed by committee, with a crassness not unlike Southpark – in fact Cartman’s head next to it would be more appropriate. Other comments here point to this being a great opportunity lost to showcase Brit design. Kind of sums up the state we’re in to be making confused decisions – and thwarting the process of making a simple and memorable identity for one of the greatest events on earth.

If it is meant to be a riddle then it has worked, because without the 5 rings I’m totally lost.